Contractor Allowed Job During Monroe Drug Term

November 20, 1985|The Morning Call

A 27-year-old Kunkletown R.1 masonry contractor serving a sentence of eight to 23 months in Monroe County Jail for possession with intent to deliver LSD was granted a work release by President Judge James R. Marsh yesterday in Monroe County Court.

Counsel for Stanley Serfass had requested a reconsideration of sentence for his client, which prompted yesterday's hearing.

After hearing brief testimony from several defense witnesses who indicated that the incarceration is placing Serfass's business in jeopardy, Marsh, who sentenced Serfass on Oct. 25, declined to alter the sentence.

Marsh did allow a work release for Serfass with absence from the jail not to exceed 10 hours a day. He also indicated that the court may consider an early parole.

Serfass had pleaded guilty to the drug charge on Sept. 6. Hissentence included a $2,500 fine and order to make restitution of $900 involved in the sales he made of illegal drugs.

Warren Stanton of Saylorsburg R.1 was fined $750 and sentenced to 48 consecutive hours in Monroe County Jail on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol. The jail time is being delayed for 10 days, pending the filing of appeals.